I'm in the middle of making Maya's coat...I'm not done, so I'm not sure how well this will work. ^^; But if you're willing to give it a shot:
I'm using Simplicity 4080. Just the pieces for the two front parts and the one back part...no obi, collar, etc. I'm making the two front parts only half as wide as the pattern, so just sort of hack off like 2-4 inches from each side. As for the sleeves, I'm just taking a measurement of the sleeve area on a comfortable jacket for the width and from top of shoulder to wrist for the length.
I'll pot pictures soon, guys. ^^; I got the wig in the mail a couple days ago, and I've finished my yukata thing and am 2/3 done with the sash and bow.

Wow! You did really well on that Maya wig. How did you manage to get the bun to work so well? My attempt at Maya's wig for my sister didnt turn out so good. :P

Oh WOW!
This is a late response, please forgive me!
I used a styrofoam 'egg' shape, that got extensions wrapped around it. After it was covered, i sew it with very broad stitches to the wig mesh. I took some strands of the actual wig that where not that controversial (with that I mean that they would not leave any horrible bald spots or pull anything essential) and just wrapped them around the egg, securing with one stitch. The stitching gets covered by the ribbon/hair ornament, so it doesnt show.

Finishing up Maya's haori and trying my best to sneak some hidden pockets in the sleeves. It'd be nice to be able to slip con badges in there so I won't have them interfering with the necklace. Drilled holes in a bunch of ping pong balls for the beads and hopefully I can get a smooth paint job done before the weekend's over

Never let anyone tell you that you can sand Model Magic. You CAN but the stuff is so porous you'll end up just making a bunch of tiny holes. I tried it on the Magatama I made and it looks kinda like pumice O_o If it doesn't look good painted I'll have to seal it with Elmer's glue or something.

Finishing up Maya's haori and trying my best to sneak some hidden pockets in the sleeves. It'd be nice to be able to slip con badges in there so I won't have them interfering with the necklace. Drilled holes in a bunch of ping pong balls for the beads and hopefully I can get a smooth paint job done before the weekend's over

Never let anyone tell you that you can sand Model Magic. You CAN but the stuff is so porous you'll end up just making a bunch of tiny holes. I tried it on the Magatama I made and it looks kinda like pumice O_o If it doesn't look good painted I'll have to seal it with Elmer's glue or something.

you have to cover model magic with something before you paint or else it'll suck the paint in. use gesso, you can buy it @ walmart

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Originally Posted by Katsumiyo

I'm in the middle of making Maya's coat...I'm not done, so I'm not sure how well this will work. ^^; But if you're willing to give it a shot:
I'm using Simplicity 4080. Just the pieces for the two front parts and the one back part...no obi, collar, etc. I'm making the two front parts only half as wide as the pattern, so just sort of hack off like 2-4 inches from each side. As for the sleeves, I'm just taking a measurement of the sleeve area on a comfortable jacket for the width and from top of shoulder to wrist for the length.
I'll pot pictures soon, guys. ^^; I got the wig in the mail a couple days ago, and I've finished my yukata thing and am 2/3 done with the sash and bow.

ooo definitely let me know how it goes!!!
i was thinking of getting some kind of pattern like that but i just suck at altering patterns

btw does anyone know what DOES that stupid bow on the side of the fey girl's outfit???

Oh WOW!
This is a late response, please forgive me!
I used a styrofoam 'egg' shape, that got extensions wrapped around it. After it was covered, i sew it with very broad stitches to the wig mesh. I took some strands of the actual wig that where not that controversial (with that I mean that they would not leave any horrible bald spots or pull anything essential) and just wrapped them around the egg, securing with one stitch. The stitching gets covered by the ribbon/hair ornament, so it doesnt show.

I hope this helps and again, sorry!

That's very useful information! I'll need to keep that in mind when I work on Maya.

I made my bow a separate piece, too, along with the sash, and they clip onto the...waist sash thing. The bow is very odd, it's folded so the two looped pieces are touching each other.
Anyhow, I finished my Maya costume:http://www.cosplay.com/gallery/116669/
Could use a little work, but I think otherwise it came out well for only two weeks of work. ^^;

im begining to think about next years costumes and im thinking about doing sister iris;
my art book has pictures of the top half of her outfit, but i cant find any of the bottom.
anyone know here there is any, or am i just going to haft to guess?